Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011

74 | The first thirty minutes were pretty bad. The goblin had no reason to betray him because as we know he was a Voldemort's prisoner. The bank was already in Voldermort's hand and it was just dumb. But after that, this film quality went skyrocketed. It all began when Harry went to Hogwarts. At first, it sound like a pretty dumb idea but because we know Harry's character and how reckless he was, it was understandable. We called it a desperate move.

Professor McGonagall had her sweet moment when she protected Hogwarts, her home for a very long time. It also made us wonder where are all of these security systems in the previous films when a lot of dangerous people and things came to Hogwarts. It is weird to say this but Hogwarts's school system seems better in the hand of Severus Snape as headmaster. Because we all know how dangerous magic could be and his authoritarian way to teach students until they became mature enough to use their magic power could be a better way.

There were so many moments that made us emotional. It was not had the same level as The Dark Knight but some moments in this film had a similar vibe to The Dark Knight. The similarity is people were fighting to protect the place they love from evil being. In this case, students and teachers from Hogwart fought the Death Eaters. But where were their parents anyways? It seems only Weasley cared about their children.

The main focus of this film was Harry Potter and they did a good job, even though some details made this film seem to have a weak script. Films that contain war as a plot tend to give plot armor to their characters and unfortunately this film did the same. It is Harry Potter's last film they could be all-out killing characters but might be they tried to keep it as a family-friendly film.

The ending did not conclude the whole franchise well enough. The time jump is just an unnecessary thing to do. They could end it with the funeral of Severus Snape and all of the people who die fighting Death Eaters. And it could be combined with the faith of the elder wand. It would be a better thing to do because people who watched this franchise from the start have great memories with Hogwarts and the people in it than with random new family members. To sum it all up, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 deserved its spot at least in the top 3 of Harry Potter films.

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Rating: 73.08

Plot

P1: 0.5
P2: 2.0
P3: 2.0
P4: 0.5

Director: David Yates

Favorite Characters

1.8: Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
1.6: Maggie Smith as Professor Minerva McGonagall
1.5: Alan Rickman as Professor Severus Snape
1.4: Ralph Fiennes as Lord Voldemort
1.3: Matthew Lewis as Neville Longbottom
1.2: Emma Watson as Hermione Granger

Terrible : 0
Bad : 0.6 - 0.5 - 0.4 - 0.2 - 0.1 - 0
Average : 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1 - 0.9 - 0.8 - 0.7
Good : 1.4 - 1.5 - 1.6 - 1.8 - 1.9 - 2
Great : 2

The final chapter in the Potter saga is a war epic and an emotional roller-coaster, effectively tying up loose ends and bringing the series to a satisfying close.

Script: 9

With only a small part of the novel left to adapt, the script puts a major focus on the final battle and its different phases. It feels like a properly epic ending to the series and re expertly ties remaining loose ends together.

Main cast: 9

The main stars put in largely great performances in the final film, showing that they've matured as people and as actors.

Supporting cast: 10

The guest actors are superb as always. Ralph Fiennes shows the amazing vulnerability and rage of Voldemort very well, and Alan Rickman does his best turn as Snape.

Protagonist & antagonist: 8

Harry is just as stupid sometimes as he had been since film number one. Voldemort has some very awkward moments and their final confrontation, while better from a cinematic perspective as the one in the novel, is too similar to Goblet.

Production: 10

It's as good as it can get. David Yates directs with a steady hand and the sets and costumes look great as ever. Additionally, they stay true to earlier films.

Post-production: 11

With beautiful CGI and a musical score bringing back memories all the way from the first film, every fan is bound to fall in love with the result.

Atmosphere: 10

The stakes feel high and the battle has many casualties, so the atmosphere is grim and sad.

Pacing: 11

It's sufficiently fast, but not to an extent. There are quieter moments and build-up, allowing for breathing room.

Expectations: 12

God did this film deliver. It tugs on your heartstrings and keeps all the essential events intact while changing very little.

Replay value: 10

Since it's the second part of the final film, it should really be rewatched together with the previous one for full effect.

Score: 100/120

What a way to end this amazing franchise, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2 is everything I wanted from a conclusion to such a big franchise, and this film did it perfectly, I'm a sucker for a good conclusion and this film is the definition of a good conclusion.

It wrapped everything up perfectly, with some of the best writing I've seen in the films, it's the movie where everyone is at their absolute best, Daniel Radcliffe is the best he's ever been in this role and Alan Rickman is also the best he's been as Snape, the film has a stunning and beautifully emotional ending with one of the most well done fake outs of all time, incredible characterization was given to every character, including Neville, the action is stunning, the music is phenomenal, and it has a stunning and epic finale.

Accompanied by some of the most well used flashbacks I've seen in a film and some of the most disturbing CGI images I've seen in a long time, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 was the perfect conclusion to this amazing franchise, and I honestly don't think they could've done it better.

I'm gonna give Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 an A+

Dumbledore: "Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living and above all, those who live without love."

Epic from beginning to end. It's everything you want as an ending to a legendary franchise and so satisfying. The most action we've had yet in any Harry Potter movie and the special effects are top tier. Amidst all that action, it still manages to hit with the emotions and conclude character arcs in satisfying ways.

We got a freakin Dragon for the first act. Helena Bonham Carter's impression of Hermione was perfection. The preparation for the big battle at Hogwarts was so excitable and perfectly staged and paced. McGonagall was such a badass in those scenes. Epic battle with the Golems, Giants and spiders followed by a thrilling Anaconda spin-off and a final battle that goes down in history. Neville was a bit cringe for me in some scenes but he finally gets his two minutes of screen time glory. Snape remains my favorite character overall, perfect character arc and those memory scenes were brilliant.

Great ending, it all feels pretty conclusive but I can't help but wonder what would come next if they were ever to do a follow up.

The second half of Harry's grand finale is better than the first, but still struggles to cope with too many characters, too little color and an overstuffed dance card. There's just so much going on, and it's all so excessively dim...

Over-reliance upon book lore has been a long-term problem for this franchise, and that issue has only grown more pronounced as the film adaptations enter their final stretch. I have no idea how anyone could make sense of Deathly Hallows 2 without keeping a store of such information, fresh and reliable, somewhere in their noggin. Maybe a Cliff's Notes handbook and a hair-trigger pause button would suffice. Casually tossing about complicated concepts like wand allegiance, multiplying spells, hallows and horcruxes, the film skims along at a high speed, in breathless pursuit of flashier material. Of that, fortunately, there's plenty, and those bits are loaded with well-constructed callbacks to the previous films. The action scenes are constant highlights, excellent in concept and in execution; a fitting farewell, in their own way, for the series at large.

Quieter character moments are more of a mixed bag. Snape gets his big spotlight scene, after being completely ignored in the previous chapter, but most of the younger cast members are swept up in the desperate search for a soul mate. Everybody just wants to pair off, to hit that convenient epilogue with a litter of kids tugging at their shoestrings. Despite simmering for years and years, in many cases, such romances play more like a series of checked boxes than natural, heartfelt outpourings of emotion. Ron and Hermione are a prime example. The moment of their long-germinating embrace was evidently a difficult scene for the actors, who literally grew up together on-set, and their discomfort is clear on the screen. The kiss feels like an awkward, instantly-regretted smooch between friends, not a grand culmination, and that robs power from these beloved characters' storybook ending. They probably should've got that out of the way several movies earlier anyway. Here, in the midst of a hectic chase and a frenzied battle, even an effective payoff would've been lost in the mix.

Which is another recurring issue that this film never really settles. There's enough material for three movies in here (or a seven-hundred page book, as it were) and in trying to please everyone, to fit it all in, the whole package fades into a fleeting, dizzying wash. Nothing gets a chance to breathe, lest a different scene meet the cutting room floor. Crucial time is cut from meaningful points in the main narrative, dampening their impact, to cram in a few smaller, crowd-pleasing tidbits. But those, too, are over and done with so quickly that they hardly seem worth the effort.

In the end, we get (nearly) everything, without necessitating another weird mid-stream cutaway, but nothing is half as rewarding as I'd expected. A stumble over the finish line, in other words; a film that hits the novel's plot points but completely misses its spirit. Could’ve been worse, I guess, but it also could’ve been so much better.